A smurf is a fictional, tiny, blue humanoid from The Smurfs, created by Belgian cartoonist Peyo in 1958.

Smurf, smurfs, SMURF or smurfing may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

The Smurfs

  • The Smurfs, a franchise
  • Smurf (Smurf language), an undefinable word and derivatives (including "smurfing") used as both verb and noun within the fictional Smurfs franchise
  • Smurfette, a female character from The Smurfs
  • The Smurfs (comics), Belgian comic series, created by Peyo
  • The Smurfs (film), a 2011 film directed by Raja Gosnell, based on the comic franchise
  • Smurfs (film), a 2025 animated film
  • The Smurfs (1961 TV series), a 1961 Belgian animated TV series, based on the comic franchise
  • The Smurfs (1981 TV series), a 1981–1989 American-Belgian animated TV series that aired on NBC, based on the comic franchise
  • The Smurfs (2021 TV series), a 2021 animated television series, based on the comic franchise
  • The Smurfs (video game), a 2011 video game
  • The Smurfs merchandising
  • The Smurfs music
  • Les Aventures des Schtroumpfs

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

  • Janine "Smurf" Cody, a fictional character played by Jacki Weaver in the 2010 Australian film Animal Kingdom and by Ellen Barkin in the USA TV series
  • Smurfing, or twinking, a deceptive player practice in online video gaming
  • The Smurf (dance), a 1980s dance fad
  • "The Smurf", a single by Tyrone Brunson
  • The Smurfs, a rap band with Bernard Fowler

Science and technology

  • Smurf attack, a type of denial of service (DoS) attack on computer networks
  • SMURF1, an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the SMURF1 gene
  • SMURF2, an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the SMURF2 gene
  • SMURFs, smartphone spyware by GCHQ and the NSA in their WARRIOR PRIDE kit
  • Stepped-frequency microwave radiometer, a microwave radiometer known as "smurf" from its abbreviation SFMR

Other uses

  • Smurfing (financial crime) or "structuring", a term related to money laundering
  • Smurfing (methamphetamine production), the hiring of multiple individuals to exceed legal limits for purchase of pseudoephedrine for methamphetamine production
  • Smurfs another name for the Australian Association Football team Sydney FC given by rival supporters due to the teams sky blue and white colour scheme.